http://www.liberalreview.com/issues/electoral-reform The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.liberalreview.com/content/2007/01/new-labour-admit-the-power-to-determine-the-government-rests-with-a-few-thousand-floating-voters-in-48-marginal- <p>In today's Guardian <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1987586,00.html">Liam Byrne and Bill Ramell</a> argue that "Blair's exit must not be used to lure Labour from targeting ambitious voters in the super-marginals". What a piece of self-serving, cynical tosh. It is to the credit of the many respondents to this appaling article, which highlights exactly what is so corrupt about our electoral system, that they see right through this hubristic attempt to remain in power at any cost.</p> <p>And one respondent, mboy, puts it:<br /> <blockquote>Labour had the chance to change an electoral system that isn't used in any other western places except the politically bankrupt USA. They could have done this, and then they wouldn't have had to worry about the Tories outspending them in super-marginals. But yet again - as with so many things - the NuLab apostles decided FPTP was working very well indeed, and nothing needed to change. <b>PR would have consigned the old Tory party to the dustbin of history. Never forget that it was the Labour party that rescued them.</b></p></blockquote> <p>Indeed. The chance to give everyone a say in how we are governed, a chance for a realignment of political parties, and a chance to make every vote count equally - all promised by New Labour in 1997. And never delivered, like so much else Blair offered.</p> <br class="clear" /> http://www.liberalreview.com/content/2007/01/new-labour-admit-the-power-to-determine-the-government-rests-with-a-few-thousand-floating-voters-in-48-marginal-#comments electoral reform labour Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:09:15 +0000 Tabman 742 at http://www.liberalreview.com